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Particular attention is called to the collection of hoc. 

Nezu England and to the Local Histories named in the ad 
ing pages of this book, as nearly all of them give fuller infn na¬ 
tion than is contained in this catalogue of the old bin' ini; 
zcdiose photographs zve have collected and also of many othc 
mentioned in these bages. 

The book advertisements have been made zuith this obj / /. 
viezv. All these books may be had of Damrell & Upham. 

This collection of bhotographs is intended to embract . 
building in Colonial and Provincial Nezv England of impoi 
either in a picturesque point of viezv or for its historic or 
tional value. 

Additions to the collection zuill be made from time to i. 

Where\ no state is given Massachusetts may be understooa 

Size of Photographs, 6 l ox8)^. Price, Fifty Cents. M. >> 
or Unmounted. 

Lantern Slides made from this collection to order. 


Copyright, W il. Halliday, 1895. 


New England Historic Buildings 


AMESBURY. 

HOME OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER the poet. 

ANDOVER. 

GOV. BRADSTREET HOUSE, North Andover. The home of Simon and 
Mrs. Anne Bradstreet. Mrs. Anne had the honor of being the first 
poetess of New England; also, of being the ancestress of Dr. Holmes, 
Wendell Phillips, Wm. Ellery Channing and Richard H. Dana. The 
Bradstreet house was built about 1667, and “has gathered to itself store 
of history and tradition, and its rooms are shadowy with the forms of by¬ 
gone centuries.” 

THE ABBOT HOUSE, 
built 200 years ago by 
Benjamin Abbot, occu¬ 
pied by his descendents 
to the present time. 
The house is of two 
stories and unpainted 
with a huge chimney 
projecting through the 
centre of the roof. The 
interior is quite low 
studded, with large 
projecting beams hang¬ 
ing below the ceiling. 
In summer it is nearly 
covered with the foli¬ 
age of the large elm 
trees near it. 

REAR VIEW OF THE BRADSTREET HOUSE, showing the long 
slope of the leanto, with its dormer windows—very picturesque under the 
fine old trees. 

THE PHILLIPS MANSE, North Andover. Home of the Hon. Samuel 
Phillips; birthplace of his son, Lieut.-Gov. Phillips, one of the most dis¬ 
tinguished men of the Revolutionary period. The mother of Bishop 
Brooks was born here. The house was built about 1752, and is now 
owned by the Bishop’s heirs. 







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(Andover — Boston.) 


STEVENS HOUSE. Birthplace of Major-General Isaac I. Stevens, Gover¬ 
nor of Washington Territory. Built about 1660. The home of a family 
famous in the early clays of Massachusetts. 

EARLY HOME OF REV. DAVID OSGOOD, D. D. In this house 
James Otis, the patriot, was struck by lightning and instantly killed while 
watching a thunder storm. 

HOME OF COL. SAMUEL JOHNSON, North Andover. Built prior to 
1771. Col. Johnson was a distinguished officer in the war of the Revolu¬ 
tion. Present residence of Rev. Samuel Johnson, author of “ Oriental 
Religions.” 

ARLINGTON. 

THE LOCKE HOUSES. There are four old houses in this vicinity bear¬ 
ing this name. All were here during the march of the British troops to 
Lexington and were all more or less subject to the incidents of the 19th 
of April, 1775. 

LOCKE HOUSE. This old house situated on the old road to Lexington 
over the hill has painted on its chimney 1775. The house is prettily 
situated: shade trees and a nice front lawn give it a cozy appearance. 

LOCKE HOUSE built about 1700, situated at the corner of Massachusetts 
Avenue and Forest Street at the foot of the hill. The house is very 
noticeable approaching it from Cambridge; the large chimney showing 
through the clustering trees giving prominence and the assurance of its 
great age. 

COOPER TAVERN. 

RUSSELL TAVERN. 

BEDFORD. 

PAGE HOMESTEAD. Captain Page led the Minute Men at the fight of 
Concord Bridge, April 19th, 1775. The company banner used at that 
time was preserved in this house until April 19, 1875, when it was pre¬ 
sented to the town of Bedford; the flag was designed and made in Eng¬ 
land, and not an American flag. 

TAVERN ON THE SHAWSHINE RIVER. Erected about 1650, was 
used as a trading-post with the Indians before “King Phillip’s War.” 

BACON HOMESTEAD. The home of a famous New England family. 
The oldest dwelling-house in the town; it has been occupied by the 
Bacon family since 1682. 

BEVERLY FARMS. 

DR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES’ SUMMER COTTAGE. 

BOSTON. 

MATTHER TOMB, in the Copps Hill burying ground. 


SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE. 

OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC PERSONAGES 
Ob BOSTON. \\ ith 93 Illustrations. 121110. $2.00. 

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Boston, its notable buildings, markets, streets, and most memorable characters. 
The numerous illustrations represent manv objects of curious historical 
interest which are remembered only by the oldest citizens, and others that are 
known only by tradition. 

OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC FIELDS OF 
MIDDLESEX. With 39 Illustrations and Maps. 121110. $2.00. 

“It is another successful effort to put tion of every item, anecdote, relic, and 


into imperishable form for 11 s and 
coming generations traditions, places, 
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The author, with his inexhaustible 
historic lore, and his keen apprecia- 


place which belongs to the olden 
times, takes the reader by hand, and 
traversing old Middlesexshire stops 
at every dwelling, hill, valley, river, 
or port, and brings back the men and 
events of colonial and revolutionary 
years.”— Watchman and Reflector. 


AROUND THE HUB. A Boy’s Book about Boston. Pro¬ 
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“Beginning with some accounts and and from this point gives a rapid 
anecdotes of the Indians in Boston, sketch of the important part sustained 
he proceeds to state who the first set- by Boston in the War of the Revolu- 
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ancient landmarks; and gives an idea Chicago. 
of the government as it then existed, 


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Prose and Poetry. With one hundred effective Character Illustrations, 


from Designs by Merrill and 
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AN OLD HOUSE ON NORTH STREET which had been used many 
years as a sailor’s boarding-house. It was situated nearly opposite the 
Tremere House. There is a tradition that it was built by one of the 
Winthrops. Pulled down April, 1894. 

SINGLETON HOUSE, was situated on Charter Street opposite the gate to 
Copps Hill Cemetery, built about 1750. Tulled down to make way for 
the new park April, 1894. 

BRATTLE STREET CHURCH. Built in 1772, of brick on the site of the 
first church of that name, which was built of wood. The second church 
was demolished in 1872. During the seige of Boston, the night before 
the evacuation, it was struck by a 24-pound cannon ball sent from 
Cambridge. It was occupied at the time by Gen. Gage’s troops. The 
ball was imbedded in the face of the building just above the door. 



COPPS HILL BURYI NG- 
GROUND, with distant 
view of Bunker Hill 
Monument; this view was 
taken in February, 1894, 
just before the buildings 
opposite, on Charter Street 
were removed to make 
room for the new park. 


OLD FEDERAL STREET THEATRE, was the first regular theatre estab¬ 
lished in Boston. It was opened February 3, 1794 with the tragedy of 
Gustavus Vasa. The theatre was also called the Old Drury after Drury 
Lane, London. It was taken down in 1852. 

THE OLD STATE HOUSE, with its new neighbor the thirteen-story Ames 
Building, and the Rogers and the Sears in the back-ground. 

READING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE from the Eastern 
balcony of the old State House, showing the surrounding buildings of 
the time, 1775. A very spirited picture. 

CORNER OF WINTER AND WASHINGTON STREETS 60 years ago, 
showing Trinity Church on Summer Street. 

EDMUND HART HOUSE was situated on Hull Street opposite Copps 
Hill burying ground. Edmund Hart was the owner of a famous ship¬ 
yard at the North End and built the ship “Constitution.” This house 
was built in 1723, taken down 1892. 






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STATE HOUSE from the Common. This view taken looking from Winter 
Street, showing the building through the bare trees in Winter. 

STATE HOUSE from Beacon Street, giving an unobstructed view from the 
foundation to the dome and a s.de glimpse of the new addition. This 
building was built on a portion of John Hancock’s pasture and completed 
in 1798. 

VIEW IN CHARTER STREET. 

IN VERNON PLACE, off Charter Street. One of Boston’s oldest houses 
with overhanging gable. 

FRANKLIN STREET, showing the archway over v hich was the “old 
Boston” Library, and the site of the present Arch Street. 

FRANKLIN STREET with trees through the centre protected by a fence. 



PARK STREET, look¬ 
ing down from the 
State House, showing 
the George Ticknor 
Mansion in which 
he entertained Gen. 
Lafayette when in 
Boston. Also showing 
the Park-Street Mall 
of the Common, a very 
pleasing picture. 


TREMONT STREET as it appeared about i860, from School Street to Park 
including the Albion Hotel, Tremont House, Paddock Elms, Park-Street 
Church, the old Museum Building, corner of Bromfield Street, Tremont 
Temple and the corner where now stands the Parker House. 

UNITY STREET. This street has several very old houses one of which was 
owned by Dr. Benjamin Franklin and in which his two sisters lived 
during their lives. 

HOLLIS AND TREMONT STREETS, showing an old house on the corner 
facing Hollis Street in which lived one of the famous “Boston Tea 
Party.” 

OLD LIBERTY TREE. A photograph of a drawing of the old tree as it 
appeared about the middle of the 18th century and the old tavern which 
stood near it at the corner of the present Essex and Washington Streets. 

TREMONT HOUSE as it appeared just before it was demolished showing 
the front and the end overlooking the Granary burying ground. 




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THE FANEUIL-PHILLIPS MANSION. The Bellingham estate became 
the property of Peter Faneuil, who inherited it from his uncle Andrew 
baneuil in 1737- Hie house, a fine old stone mansion, stood on the 
hillside some distance back from the street. The following description of 
the haneuil house is from Miss Quincy’s Memoir: “The deep courtyard, 
ornamented by flowers and shrubs, was divided into an upper and low'er 
platform by a high glacis surmounted by a richly wrought iron railing 
decorated with gilt balls. The terraces which rose from the paved court 
behind the house were supported by massy walls of hewn granite, and 
were ascended by flights of steps of the same material; a grasshopper yet 
glittered cn a summer-house which commanded a view only second to 
that from Beacon hill.” Such w-as the mansion at the time of its occupancy 
by Governor Phillips. 

OLD STATE HOUSE. At the head 
of State Street (or King Street of 
Colonial times.) Built 1713. This 
building occupies the site of the first 
Towm House, burned in 1711. In 
the Chamber of Representatives, 
according to John Adams, “Inde¬ 
pendence was born,” and the struggle 
against the encroachments of the 
Mother Country sustained for four¬ 
teen years by the Adamses, 
Bowdoins, Thatchers, Hancocks, 
Quincys, and their illustrious col¬ 
leagues. According to Hutchinson, 
in this chamber originated the most 
important measures w'hich led tj the 
emancipation of the Colonies. In 
this building John Hancock w r as 
inaugurated the first governor under 
the commonwealth; here presided 
his successors, Bowdoin, Adams and 
Increase Sumner. In 1789 General Washington, during his last visit to 
Boston, reviewed the procession from a temporary balcony erected at the 
w'est end of the Hall of Representatives. 

THE HEWES HOUSE, at the corner of Washington Street and Harvard 
Place, directly opposite the head of Milk Street. This old building, 
w'hich w'astiken down in 1863, w'as, during the troublous times of the 
Revolution, occupied by Shubael Ilew'es, brother of Robert llew r es, one 
of the Boston Tea Party. Shubael was Butcher Master-General in the 
town w'hile How'e held possession, and at one time six head of cattle was 
the entire stock in his hands for troops or inhabitants. Its last occupant 
w'as Willard Small, w'ho started the bookselling business in the old house. 











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(Boston.) 


GOV. HUTCHINSON’S MANSION. This fine old house, once the pride of 
the North End, was built about 1710, by Thomas Hutchinson, father of 
the Governor, who was born in the year following. The estate was 
entailed to the male heirs, but was confiscated and sold for a mere song. 
The premises afterwards became the property of William Little. Gen. 
John B. Boyd also lived in the Hutchinson House. It stood on Garden 
Court, the garden of the old mansion extending back to Hanover and to 
Fleet Streets. The building was taken down in 1S34. 

THE FOUR-STORY BRICK HOUSE, No. 130 Prince Street, was the 
home of Thomas Stoddard, boat builder. Thomas assisted Pitcairn’s son 
in carrying the Major to his house after he was mortally wounded at the 
battle of Bunker Hill, and where he died, after lingering a short time; 
the Major’s remains were placed in the vaults under Christ’s church, and 
by many are supposed to be there now. 

THOREAU HOUSE. 
Numbered 57 Prince St. 
John Thoreau, the grand¬ 
father of Henry of Concord 
fame, came to Boston 
about 1773 from the island 
of Jersey, and established 
himself in business on 
Long Wharf. After his 
marriage he bought this 
house of the Orrok family, 
relatives of his wife, and 
lived in it until he re¬ 
moved to Concord in 1800. 
Here Henry’s grand¬ 
mother died in 1796, and 
here his father, John 
Thoreau, Jr., spent his boyhood. The estate remained in the family till 
quite recently. Miss Maria, the last of the Thoreaus, died at Bangor 
in 1881. The building has been condemned because of its dangerous 
condition, and will probably soon be taken down. 

GARDINER GREEN’S GARDENS were the pride of the town. Mr. 
Green, one of the wealthiest men of the time, by purchase from his 
neighbors, became possessed of the larger portion of Pemberton Hill, 
which he greatly beautified and improved. The hill was terraced, and 
Mr. Green’s mansion, which, though substantial, had no special mark of 
elegance, was reached by long flights of steps, bordered by beautiful 
shrubs and plants, and shaded by graceful and stately trees. A green¬ 
house, the first of its kind in the town, was filled with choice exotics. 
I he Chinese or Jingo tree, now standing on Boston Common, is from 
this famous garden. 








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Standish of Standish. A Nameless Nobleman. 

Betty Alden. Dr. LeBaron and his Daughters. 

David Alden’s Daughter, and other Stories of Colonial Times. 

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The Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty. 
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Autumn. 


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Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 



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MATHER-ELIOT HOUSE. On Hanover, nearly opposite Clark Street, 
stands the old house built by Increase Mather in 1677, after the great fire 
at North End, which destroyed his residence in North Square. Here he 
remained till his death in 1723. His son, Cotton, spent several years of 
his boyhood and youth here, and afterwards moved into a large brick 
house near by, which stood till about a dozen years ago, when it was 
taken down. This old wooden house was also the residence later, and 
for a long time, of Andrew and John Eliot, father and son, ministers in 
succession of the New North Church, from 1742 till 1813. It is safe to 
say that no other house in Boston has sheltered for so long a time four 
such distinguished doctors of divinity. 

THE PROVINCE 
HOUSE. Built origin¬ 
ally fur a private 
residence by Peter 
Sargent, in 1679. The 
estate measured 86 feet 
on the street and 266 
feet in depth. The 
house was built of 
brick, three stories 
high and had a 
spacious attic lighted 
by dormer windows 
and a large octagonal 
lantern cupola. The 
front doonvay v'as 
* reached by an easy 
flight of broad stone 
steps. The interior 
was sumptuous in all 
respects; the wide 

entrance hall extended through the house; opening from it on either 
side were large apartments finished in costly woods and hung with 
elegant tapestry. The lawn was well shaded and enclosed by an orna¬ 
mental fence, at each end of which was a porter’s lodge. The building 
was purchased by the Province in 1716 for the use of the royal governors. 
All the governors from Shute to Gage used the Province House for 
official business and social receptions. After the Revolution it was 
known as the “Government House,” and occupied by the State officers 
until the completion of the new State House. After being used 
as a tavern and a minstrel hall, the old building was nearly destroyed 
by fire in 1864, only the walls and some of the heavy timbers 
remaining. It has since been repaired and is now occupied as a 
bazaar store, connecting with Washington Street through the buildings 
in front of it. 








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(Boston.) 


GRAY HOUSE. Standing on the coiner of Prince Street and Lafayette 
Avenue is a large three-story wooden building, in better condition than 
most of the old North-end houses. This building was taken by the 
British after the battle of Bunker Hill for the use of the sick and wounded 
soldiers. It was purchased by William Gray, the famous Boston ship 
owner, in 1815, for $4000. An old cannon stands in the sidewalk on the 
corner of the two streets, which was probably in use during the Revolu¬ 
tionary war. The house was built previous to 1750. 

FRANKLAND MANSION. This fine old mansion, once the residence of 
Sir Charles Erankland and Lady Alice, the Marblehead beauty whose 
story is so graphically told in Bynner’s story of “Agnes Surriage.” This 
elegant house stood on the corner of Garden Court and Prince Street, 
next Governor Hutchinson’s mansion. Sir Charles was the Collector of 
the port of Boston in 1741, under Gov. Shirley. The building was taken 
down to widen the street a few years ago. 

THE HANCOCK MANSION. 
One of the most famous of the 
old buildings of Boston that have 
been compelled to make way for 
modern improvements. It stood 
some distance back from the 
street and was approached 
through a gateway in a low 
stone wall by terraces planted 
with ornamental trees. It was 
built by Thomas Hancock in 1737, 
and was inherited by Gov. John 
Hancock. A strong effort was 
made to save this old New 
England monument, but without 
avail. It was proposed by 
Governor Banks in 1859 that the 
Commonwealth should purchase 
it, and the heirs offered it at a 
low valuation, the project being 
defeated by the Legislature. 
The house was then in excellent preservation, the interior wood-work 
being sound as when the halls echoed to the tread of the old Governor. 
The chamber of Lafayette remained as when he slept in it; the apart¬ 
ment in which Hancock died was intact; the audience hall was the 
same in which Washington, D’Estaing, Brissof, Percy, and many more 
had stood; the entrance hall, in which for eight days the dead 
patriot lay in state, opened upon the broad staircase as in the time of old 
Thomas and Lydia Hancock. It was taken down in 1863 to the great 
regret of many citizens. 







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THE MARSHALL HOUSE. This was the residence of Ebenezer Hancock, 
a younger brother of the Governor and Deputy Paymaster-General of the 
Continental army; his son John, who lived till 1859, often spoke of the 
scenes witnessed in this house during the Revolutionary war, when it was 
an important military rendezvous. On the arrival of Count d’Estaing 
with his fleet in 1778, Paymaster Hancock received a large quantity of 
Erench silver crowns which were piled up under guard in the room on 
the left of the entrance, awaiting disbursement among our poorly paid 
troops. Very little change has been made in the interior of the house,— 
quaint little rooms and corners, doors with wrought-iron hinges and 
fastened with brass buttons, and the narrow stairs and passageways, all 
give it a very old-time look. On Marshall Street, leading from Union to 
Planover Street, formerly called Marshall Lane. 

THE OLD SOUTH MEETING¬ 
HOUSE, on the corner of Wash¬ 
ington and Milk Streets. • Thomas 
Thacher was the first minister, settled 
in February,-1670. The first house 
was of wood and stood until 1729, 
when it was taken down to give place 
to the then new brick edifice. In 
the front was placed, in 1867, a tablet 
bearing the following inscription : 

OLD SOUTH. 

Church Gathered .... 1669. 

First House Built .... 1670. 

This House Erected . . . 1729. 

Desecrated by British Troops, 

1 775 - 6 . 

None of the city churches are so rich 
in historical associations as this. 
Here Lovell, Church, Warren and 
Hancock delivered their orations on 
the anniversary of the massacre. In 
the old church Benjamin Franklin was baptized. In this building was 
held the famous tea-party meeting, adjourned from Faneuil Hall because 
the crowd was too great to be contained there. The occupation of the 
Old South by troops was at the instance of Gen. John Burgoyne; it was 
his regiment, the Queen’s Light Dragoons, that set up the riding school 
in the House of God, overthrowing its sacred memorials and transforming 
it into a circus. 

THE HOME OF WENDELL PHILLIPS, on Essex, near Chauncy Street. 
The building was removed in 1882 to make room for the extension of 
Harrison Avenue. Mr. Phillips is seen entering his doorway in the 
photograph. 









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GARDINER GREEN MANSION, on Cotton Hill, later Pemberton Hill. 
In the early, days of Boston the locality now known as Pemberton Square 
was the site of several famous residences. The summit of the hill was 
eighty feet higher than to-day, the crest of which is now Bowdoin Street, 
sloping back towards the Charles with front towards Tremont Street. 
The greater portion of the hill was owned by the Rev. John Cotton, who 
settled here in 1633, and who had as a tenant a no less personage than 
Sir Harry Vane, during his stay in Boston, 1635-37. Gov. Endicott, 
who removed to Boston from Salem in 1644, occupied the northern part 
of the Cotton estate. On the site of the Endicott house stood till fifty 
years ago, the mansion of Gardiner Green, a very large plain stone house 
of three stories, standing on the crest of the hill. The mansion was 
occupied by Earl Percy in 1775. 

KING’S CHAPEL, on the 
corner of School and 
Tremont Streets. The 
original edifice was a 
very small wooden build¬ 
ing— appropriately called 
chapel — constructed on 
the same corner in 1689. 
The land was taken from 
the town burial-ground 
by Gov. Andros. Sub¬ 
scriptions were obtained 
in 1710 for an enlarge¬ 
ment of the building, more 
than half the amount 
being given by British 
officers stationed here. 
An organ, the first ever heard in New England, was bequeathed by 
Thomas Brattle in 1713. The chapel, though twice as large as it had 
been, was still a small wooden structure, with three windows on each 
side and three at the east end. In 1749 the corner-stone of the present 
building was laid by Gov. Shirley; the granite for the purpose came 
from Braintree. It was occupied in 1754, but not completed until 1789. 
In that year General Washington, when in Boston, attended an oration in 
the chapel, which had for its object the completion of the work, General 
Washington giving five guineas towards this purpose. The design of the 
architect, Peter Harrison, embraced a steeple, but none was ever built. 

AVEBSTER MANSION, on the corner of High and Summer Streets. Here 
Daniel Webster resided at the time of Gen. Lafayette’s visit to Boston in 
1825, and received the distinguished Frenchman on the evening of June 
17th. The site of the old mansion is now occupied by a fine iron block 
with the legend, “Webster Buildings.” 





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OCHTERLONY-ADAN HOUSE. The last of the very old houses on this 
part of old Ann Street. The front was taken off on the widening of the 
street, but the side fronting on Centre Street remains just the same as it 
was when built, about 1675. This house is noted from its having for its 
occupants many distinguished persons. Sir David Ochterlony, who 
attained high rank in the British army was born here. There is a 
tradition connected with this house, that, on the evening of April 18, 

1 775, when Revere was secretly making his preparations for the ride to 
Lexington, he went to his house in North Square to get his boots and 
surtout, and while on his way to the boat it occured to him that it would 
be well to have the oars muffled, as he would be obliged to pass the 
man-of-war lying in the stream; accordingly he came around by this 
house, then occupied bv intimate friends of the family, and made a pecu¬ 
liar signal. It was about ten o’clock and all was quiet. Presently a 
chamber window was raised by gentle hands and a brief communication 
was held in a whisper; the object was gained, and a woolen under-gar¬ 
ment, warm from use, was soon forthcoming and patriotically placed at 
Revere’s disposal; it dropped noiselessly into his hands, and thus armed 

THE WELLS ADAMS 
HOUSE stood on Salem 
Street, nearly opposite 
Cooper Street. The house 
is supposed to have been 
built about 1660. It con¬ 
tained three tenements, 
and was remarkable for 
its great length, its low 
overhanging stories, its 
good workmanship, and 
its generally unchanged 
appearance. It is believed 
that the Baptists held 
some of their secret meet¬ 
ings in this house curing 
the struggles through 
which they passed before securing the recognition of their church in 1680. 
The estate belonged subsequently to Adam Winthrop; at that time it 
measured 135 feet on the street and about as much in depth. In 1724 
Winthrop sold the property to Capt. Wm. Maxwell. John Ruck was the 
next owner, and then came Peter Thomas, the grandfather of Robert 
Newman, Elias Thomas, senior and junior, Edward Tyler, Daniel Tuttle, 
Susanna Gray, and Benjamin Tuttle Wells. Mr. Wells died in 1822, but 
his wife lived here till 1872. Philip Adams lived in the northern end 
in 1730, owned by Joseph Bussell, one of the founders of Christ 
Church. 




he went forth on his famous errand. 




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OLD CRADLE OF LIBERTY—FANEUIL HALL. The gift of Peter 
Faneuil to the town of Boston. Built 1742. At the fire of January 13, 
1763, the whole interior was destroyed; it was immediately rebuilt and 
dedicated the following March. The original size of the building was 
40 by 100 feet; in 1806 the hall was enlarged in width to 80 feet, and 
by the addition of a third story. During the stormy period preceding the 
outbreak of the Revolution, many notable town meetings were convened 
here, as on the occasion of the Boston Massacre and on the arrival of the 
“ detestable tea,” but the hall at that time could not hold as many people 
as the Old South, and this explains why some of the large meetings 
adjourned to the latter place. It has always been open to the people in 
times of great public interest. Daniel Webster, Wendell Phillips, and 
other noted orators and statesmen, have been heard here on many 
occasions. Many notable paintings from eminent artists adorn its 


THE COCKED HAT, 
or Old Feather 
Store, Dock Square. 
Built by Thomas Stan- 
bury, 1680; the last 
of the gable-overhang 
buildings in Boston; 
taken down in i860. 
In the early days of 
the town it was so 
close to tide-water that 
the prows of vessels 
moored in the dock 
would almost touch 
the building. The 
frame was of hewn 
oak, and the outside 
walls were finished in rough-cast cement, with broken glass and 
fragments of junk bottles embedded in it so firmly that time produced no 
effect upon it. The date 1680 was placed upon the principal gable on the 
westerly front. Each story projected about two feet over the one below 
it, giving a considerable increase of space as one ascended; this was 
probably the reason why this style came into use—a much larger house 
could be built upon a limited area; and in crowded towns it became 
almost a necessity. An abundance of square and diamond-shaped 
figures, with an occasional jleur-de-lis , gave the house a highly decora¬ 
tive appearance, in striking contrast with the plain structures around it. 
It was occupied for many years by the Simpsons as a feather store and 
this gave the building its name, although from its peculiar shape it was 
sometimes called “ the old Cocked Hat.” 


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THE SHEAFFE HOUSE stood on the corner of Essex and Columbia Streets. 
It was taken down in 18S5 to make room for a large warehouse. It was 
built in 1734 by Capt. Thomas Child, a wealthy and influential man of the 
time. The house was large and convenient, closely resembling the college 
president’s house at Cambridge. Mrs. Sheaffe, a daughter of Capt. Child, 
occupied the house at the beginning of the Revolutionary war; Lord 
Percy, while lodging here, took a great liking to young Roger Sheaffe, 
sending him to England where he received a military education. Under 
the protection of Earl Percy, the young Bostonian advanced to the rank 
of lieutenant-general in the British army, and became a baronet. 

CHRIST CHURCH, Salem Street. 
Built in 1723, this is the oldest 
church edifice now standing in 
Boston. It was an offshoot from 
Kings Chapel, and the second 
place of worship for members of 
the Church of England in the 
town. It was from the steeple of 
this church, which was visible far 
and near, that warning was given 
of the intended march to Lexing¬ 
ton and Concord of the British 
troops, by the lantern’s flash 
which started Paul Revere on his 
memorable ride. Within the 
steeple is hung a chime of bells, 
placed there in 1744,—“the first 
whose cadences gladdened the 
town.” These bells were from a 
famous English foundry, and each 
had an inscription containing its 
history. The communion service 
and the large pulpit Bible were the gifts of King George II. Gen. Gage, 
it is said, witnessed from Christ’s Church steeple the burning of Charlestown 
and the Battle of Bunker Hill. 

MASTER TILESTON’S HOUSE, on Prince Street, corner of Margaret. 
John Tileston, or “Master Johnnie,” as he was familiarly called, born in 
Boston 1735, lived in this house the greater part of the eighty-two 
years of his life. Lie was quite a famous teacher in the North Bennett 
School, and particularly noted for teaching penmanship. Edward Everett 
and many other North-end boys who have since made their mark, owed 
much to the training received at his hands. A gentleman of the old 
school, it was his custom up to the time of his death in 1826 to appear 
out in small clothes and wig, with the usual cocked hat of the last 
century. 







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SUN TAVERN, Dock Square. Built 1690. Originally it was only thirty 
feet from the dock. In 1712 it was the dwelling of Thomas Phillips. At 
that time the house was already known as the Sun Tavern. Cogneau, a 
Huguenot from Rochelle, made the Sun Tavern a favorite resort with 
many of the young men of Boston, in 1755, who were attracted not only 
by the cheer which he dispensed, but by the agreeable society of his 
daughters, two of whom were married in its hospitable parlor to persons 
of distinction. Susannah became the wife of Col. Wm. Palfrey, the 
Revolutionary patriot and grandfather of the histoiian, John G. Palfrey. 
Elizabeth married John Fleet, the enterprising printer. The Sun Tavern 
was for many years a noted place for cl'ubs. During the siege the British 
took possession of the building and changed its name to the King’s Arms; 
after the evacuation it continued under the old name for many years. 
Now used for a fish market. 


TREMERE HOUSE on 
North Street, Nos. 343 
and 345. Built by Wm. 
Paine previous to 1674. 
This is one of the very 
few houses left by the 
great fire which destroyed 
that part of the town in 
1676. A three-story brick 
structure, very solidly 
built; large square oak 
girders, with joists of un¬ 
usual size, account for the 
general good condition 
of the building. The 
windows, some of them 
broad and some narrow, 
are a striking feature of houses of this period. It has long been in the 
hands of the Tremere family, and is rented as a tenement. 

THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE, at the corner of School and Wash¬ 
ington Streets. The oldest brick building in the business centre of the 
city, bearing the date 1712. No store in Boston which has seen such 
long and such honorable service as this. For more than sixty years it 
has been a noted bookstore, and for a hundred years previous a well- 
known apothecary’s corner. The building was designed as a residence, 
although, according to the custom of the time, the first owner, Dr. Crease, 
used the front room for his business as an apothecary. It is, however, 
chiefly as a literary centre that the old corner has acquired its fame. In 1828 
Messrs. Carter & Hendee opened a bookstore here, succedeed in 1833 
by Allen & Ticknor, followed later by Ticknor & Fields, E. P. Dutton & 
Co., A. Williams & Co., and the present firm of Damrell & Upham. 





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CAPEN BUILDING, built about 1725, standing on Union Street, corner of 
Marshall. The property for several generations of the Capen family. 
Occupied by Mr. Atwood as an oyster house since 1826. It was formerly 
the wed-known dry goods store of Thomas Capen. Here, in the autumn 
of 1769, young Benjamin Thompson of Woburn, afterwards famous as 
Count Rumford, was apprenticed as a clerk to Hopestill Capen, the 
father of Thomas. The “ Massachusetts Spy,” edited by Isaiah Thomas, a 
noted paper of the time, was printed and published in this buiilding, from 
1771 to 1775, when it was removed to Worcester, where it has since 
remained. 

THE GALLOUPE HOUSE. On Hull Street, directly opposite Copps Hill 
Cemetery, and under the shadow of the steeple of Christ’s Church, stands 
this old house, with its gable end to the street,— a two-story wooden 
house with large windows and in very good condition. The frame is of 
oak filled in solid with brick and clay; built in 1724. In 1775 this 
house was occupied by British troops, and during the battle of Bunker 
Hill Gen. Gage made this his staff headquarters. 

THE NEWMAN HOUSE 
stood till quite recently 
at the southern corner 
of Salem and Sheafe 
.Streets. Robert Newman, 
the sexton of Christ 
Church, who displayed 
the signal from the steeple 
that gave warning to Paul 
Revere and started him 
on his midnight ride to 
Lexington and Concord, 
apprising the settlers of 
the approach of the British 
troops on the memorable 
nineteenth of April, 1775, 
lived in this house. 

NOAH LINCOLN’S HOUSE. This old brick house stands on the corner of 
Salem and Bennett Streets. Built about 1720, by Robert Orange, who 
used it for an inn. It was bought in 1734 by the Rev. Peter Thacher of 
the new North Church. After passing through many hands, it was bought 
in 1820 by Noah Lincoln, who lived here till his death in 1856. Mr. 
Lincoln was born in Hingham in 1772; at the age of fourteen he came 
to Boston; was married in 1802, living in Unity Street until the time of 
purchasing this house. The house was originally of two stories, Mr. 
Lincoln adding the third. As a prominent man of affairs Mr. Lincoln 
was well known in this section of the city. 




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THE GREEN DRAGON. This old tavern stood on Union Street, near 
Hanover, and was taken down when the street was widened several 
years ago; the site of the old building numbered 80-S6 Union Street. 
The tavern was built of brick, with two stories and a half in front and 
three behind; it was over fifty feet long and thirty-four feet deep, with 
a large wing in the rear. One of its owners, if not the builder, was 
, Lieut.-Gov. Stoughton. Alexander Smith kept it in 1695, and John 
Cary, brewer, in 1697 and several years afterwards. Gov. Dudley dined 
here in state in 1706, and many other state dinners were given here dur¬ 
ing the ensuing twenty years. Undoubtedly if the secret history of the 
Revolution were written, it would show that its military movements were 
largely planned within the walls of this “ nest of treason.” Paul Revere 
says: “In the fall of 1774 and winter of 1775 I was one of upwards of 
thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into a committee for the 
purpose of watching the movements of the British soldiers and gaining 
every intelligence of the movements of the tories. We held our meet¬ 
ings at the Green Dragon Tavern.” 

OLD HANCOCK TAVERN. Corn Court. On the south side of Faneuil 
Hall Square a narrow passageway leads into the gloomy recesses of a 
yard of irregular proportions, through which we may pass into Merchants 
Row. This is Corn Court. In the middle of this court still stands the 
oldest inn in Boston. As early as 1634 Samuel Cole kept a public house 
within these precincts. It was a convenient spot for an inn, and was 
frequented by many strangers from the beginning. When Governor 
Vane invited Miantonomah, the Narragansett sachem, to Boston, in 
October, 1636, he entertained the chief’s party, about twenty men, at 
Mr. Cole’s. Early in the last century certain portions of the present 
building were constructed, and, with the establishment of a permanent 
market-house near by, its continued patronage was made sure. On the 
election of John Hancock in 1780, as the first Governor of the State his 
name was given to this, hostelry. 

PAUL REVERE’S HOUSE, North Square. The house was built soon 
after the great fire of 1676. Its predecessor on the same spot was the 
parsonage of the Second Church, bought for the use of Increase Mather 
by the trustees, in 1670, of Anthony Checkley, who had built it on land 
purchased of Bartholomew Barnard and Richard Martyn. The present 
building, like those that formerly stood on either side of it, and like many 
others of its time in different parts of the town, was constructed on the 
then favorite Dutch plan, with an overhanging second story. The chief 
interest connected with this ancient house is the fact that during the 
most eventful period of our history it was the residence of the distin¬ 
guished patriot whose achievements in the cause of liberty are so widely 
known. From the window in the second story were displayed the 
famous transparencies designed and executed by Paul Revere, on the first 
anniversary of the Boston massacre, creating a great sensation. 


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BROOKLINE. 

ASPINWALL HOUSE. Built 1660. Used for a hospital during the 
Revolution. 

DEVOTION HOUSE on Harvard, near Beacon Street. Built about 1750. 

BURLINGTON. 

READE HOUSE. Built 1665. This very old house stands in a lonely and 
unfrequented part of the town of Burlington. It looks its age; very 
broad clapboards once covered it, there are many places showing only 
the rough boarding. Mr. Read the present occupant is nearly 90 years 
old. Some large trees help to make a pleasing picture. 

THE SEWALL HOUSE. The refuge of John Hancock and Samuel 
Adams after fleeing from Lexington on the morning of the 19th of 
April, 1775. 

CAMBRIDGE. 

AUSTIN HOUSE. Built 1666. Situated on Linean Street, near Massachu¬ 
setts Avenue. Surrounded by trees and shrubbery and in good preser¬ 
vation. 



CHRIST’S CHURCH. Front view. 
Peter Harrison the architect of Kings 
Chapel in Boston was also the 
designer of this edifice, and seems to 
have followed the same plan as for 
that now venerable structure. Service 
was first held here on October 15, 
1761, the Rev. East Apthorp officiat¬ 
ing. The old church was occupied 
by the Continental troops for a time. 


CHRIST’S CHURCH CEMETERY and distant view of the old church. 
Gov. Belcher and many other noted personages lie buried here, among them 
the Vassell tomb is conspicuous, also the names of Dunster, Chauncy, 
Leverett, Wadsworth and many others connected with the early history 
of New England may be seen on the stones. 






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JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL’S HOME (Elmwood). Built about 1760. 
Once the home of Thomas Oliver, the last of the lieutenant-governors 
under the Crown; he lived here before the Revolution. Elbridge Gerry, 
one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, lived here. Rev. 
Charles Lowell, father of the poet, bought the estate of Gerry; he was 
pastor of the West Church, Boston. 

GOV. BELCHER’S HOUSE. Brattle Street, corner of Ash. Built about 
1700. After the death of Gov. Belcher it became the property of Col. 
John Vassell, the elder who lies buried in the yard of Christ Church. It 
was confiscated at the beginning of the Revolution and was used for a 
hospital for a time. Dr. Benjamin Church the traitor was confined here. 

CRAIGI E-LONG¬ 
FELLOW MANSION. 
Built 1759, by John 
Vassell. Gen. George 
Washington occupied it 
from July 15, 1775, to 
April 10, 1776. In 1791 
Dr. Andrew Craigie, 
Apothecary General to 
the American army, oc¬ 
cupied it, and enter¬ 
tained Talleyrand and 
Prince Edward. Ed¬ 
ward Everett, Willard, 
Phillips, and Joseph 
E. Worcester, lexico¬ 
grapher, successively occupied it. Longfellow came here in 1S37 to live. 
Near view without foliage. 

CRAIGIE-LONGFELLOW MANSION. Distant front view with large elm 
trees, summer foliage. 

CRAIGIE-LONGFELLOW MANSION. Early Spring, large elm trees 
without foliage. 

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES’S BIRTHPLACE. Interior view. It was 
here that the committee of safety established themselves immediately 
after the battle of Lexington and here Benedict Arnold received his first 
commission as colonel, from the committee May 3, 1775 and his order to 
raise a force and siege the strong places on the lakes. 

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES’S BIRTHPLACE was situated in the 
present College grounds and taken down about ten years ago. This 
house had the honor of being the original headquarters of the American 
army of the Revolution and it was here the Battle of Bunker Hill was 
planned and ordered. Built about 1 707. 







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THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE was literally the habitation of the presidents of 
the College for a hundred and twenty years, beginning with Benjamin 
Wadsworth, minister of the First Church in Boston, and son of the old 
Indian fighter, for whom it was erected, in 1726. Commonly called the 
Wadsworth House. Two views of this house are given. 

OLD MASSACHUSETTS HALL, the oldest of the college buildings, 
erected in 1723. It is now used as an art gallery for the college collec¬ 
tion of portraits and contains many painted by Copley, Smibert and 
Stuart. The building is of brick with the ornamental bands below each 
range of windows always seen on structures of this period. 

OLD MASS. HALL. Two views of this venerable college, one taken from 
the yard nearly surrounded by large elm trees, the second made from the 
square, presents the building nearly covered with the beautiful ampelopsis 
vechii. 

JUDGE JOSEPH LEE, the loyalist Judge. Pie was a loyalist of a moderate 
stamp who remained in Boston during the siege. He was permitted to 
return to Cambridge, and ended his days in the old mansion. Built 
about 1680 on Tory Row (Brattle Street). 

OLD ELM. Under this tree Geo. Washington first took command of the 
American army, July 3, 1775. When the camp was here Washington 
caused a platform to be built among its branches, where he was accus¬ 
tomed to sit and survey with his glass the country round. The old tree is 
fast going to decay and in a very few years it will be a thing of the past. 

APTHORP MANSION. Sometimes called the “Apthorp Palace.” Built in 
1761 by Rev. East Apthorp, D. D., first pastor of Christ Church. In 
architectural appearance it closely resembles the Craigie-Longfellow 
Mansion. 

CANTON. 

FENNO HOUSE. Built 1707. 

CHARLESTOWN. 

BIRTHPLACE OP' S. F. B. MORSE. Born in 1691. He discovered 
the system of telegraphy which bears his name and made him famous 
throughout the civilized world. This old house is also celebrated on ac¬ 
count of being the first one built after the burning of the town in 1775. 

BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. 

CHELSEA. 

GOV. BELLINGHAM-CAREY MANSION. 

PRATT HOUSE. Built about 1660. In 1688 Dr. Increase Mather, to 
elude the vigilance of Gov. Andros, came to this house at night, and by 
boat was carried to the ship President lying outside, and set sail for 
England. 

PRATT HOUSE. Rear view. 


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(Chestnut Hill —Concord.) 


CHESTNUT HILL. 

A very old house standing at the corner of Beacon and Hammond Streets at¬ 
tracts the passer by its long, peculiar roof extending nearly to the ground 
in the rear, its extremely large and prominent chimney projecting through 
the centre of its roof, its quite small windows and its general weather¬ 
beaten appearance. The old house has stood in this place since it was 
built in 1640 by Mr. Hammond. It looks as if it might stand another 
century. A fine old elm tree nearly covers it with its drooping foliage. 

KINGSBURY HOUSE. This old house stands about twenty rods east of 
the Hammond House on Hammond Street. Built about 1700. It has 
been kept in fine repair and does not look its age; two large trees near 
add very much to its attractiveness. 

CONCORD. 

OLD HUNT HOUSE on Punkawtasset Hill where the minute men gathered 
on the morning of the battle and where they were provided with refresh¬ 
ments before going to the fight. 


WRIGHT TAVERN stands 
just as on the day when 
Major Fittcairn entered it 
on the morning before the 
battle, when he stirred the 
brandy with his bloody 
finger, making the remark, 
that he would stir the 
rebels’ blood before night. 



OLD WINTHROP HOUSE stood near the present Hunt-Hosmer House. 
Was probably built by one of Gov. John Winthrop’s sons. A quaint old 
house with its overhanging story and very small windows. The building 
was taken down about 30 years ago. This photograph was made from a 
drawing in the possession of Miss Hosmer. 

THE OLD CHURCH. In this church the first Provincial Congress was 
held, Oct. 14, 1774, of which John Hancock was chosen president. In 
this assembly were made those stirring speeches by himself, Adams and 
other patriots, which did so much to hasten the events of the Revolution. 

RESIDENCE OF THOREAU, author, naturalist and philosopher, of Con¬ 
cord. 




(Concord.) 


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“THE WA\ SIDE, ’ home of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here he wrote 
his “ banglewood Tales,” before going to Europe; also, his English 
Sketches which formed the volume called “Our Old Home,” were pro¬ 
duced here upon his return. He built a small square structure above the 
main building after his return from Italy, which he called “the tower,” in 
half-playful reminiscence of the tower in the villa of Monte Outo, near 
Florence. I he top room of this tower he used as his study; here he 
wrote the “Marble Faun” and his later works. 

HUNT-HOSMER. 1 his old house stands near the old battle ground, and 
was ransacked by the British soldiers. A tine, picturesque house, of the 
style of 200 years ago, with its long, sloping roof, extending nearly to the 
ground in the rear; completely shaded by a magnificent elm tree. 

BATTLE MONUMENT. A pleasing picture as it stands among the trees 
near the bridge. 



OLD NORTH BRIDGE, 
with view of the 
minute men. 

OLD NORTH BRIDGE, 
where the battle was 
fought. View from the 
river. 


KEYES HOUSE. One of the oldest houses in the town of Concord. At 
the time of the fight it was owned by Elisha Jones, and was considered 
an old house at that time. In the L part is still seen the hole made by 
a British bullet. Many relics of the fight are still shown here. 

HOME OF R. W. EMERSON. Here Frederika Bremer, the Swedish 
novelist, paid a long visit; Margaret Fuller, Moreau, the Alcotts, and old 
John Brown, were often to be met. Quite a large two-story house, painted 
white and nearly surrounded by fine old trees. 

OLD MANSE. Built 1765, for Rev. William Emerson. Hawthorne also 
lived here, as did Rev. Ezra Ripley, after whom the house is often 
called. The most interesting house in the town, being near the battle¬ 
ground, Mrs. Emerson saw from the rear window the “ fight.” Some of 
Hawthorne’s best works were written here; Emerson also wrote many of 
his poems and His “Nature” in the “Old Manse.” 



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(Concord — Danvers.) 


BARRETT HOUSE. The home of Col. James Barrett. Was invaded and 
searched by the British on April 19th, 1775, in quest of the stores sup¬ 
posed to have been secreted here. Cannon and other stores were buried 
in the field behind the house at the time. This old house bears to-day 
the marks of vandalism committed then. Built about 1660. 

“THE ORCHARD HOUSE,” home of a. bronson alcott. In this 
house “Little Men” and “ Little Women” were written, as well as 
other of Miss Louise Alcott’s famous stories. 

HOUSE AT MERRIAM’S CORNER. The old house stands as it stood 
when the Reading and other troops, under the comma n d of Gov. Brooks, 
came up and joined the men who had come across the great fields from 
the North Bridge, and killed and wounded several of the retreating 
British. 

MERRIAM’S HOUSE. Near view. 

MINOTT HOUSE. One of the most picturesque old houses in the town, it 
is of one story with a gambrel roof, with a very large chimney and un¬ 
painted. Built about 1770. 


DANVERS. 

HOLTON HOUSE. Built about 1650. Situated on the corner of Llolton 
and Centre Streets. Judge Samuel Holton was born in this house in 
1738. A noted jurist and statesman. He died in 1816. 

THE GEO. JACOBS 
HOUSE. Built before 
1650 by Richard Waters. 
Now noted as being the 
last dwelling of George 
Jacobs of witchcraft fame. 
From here he was taken 
for examination; after 
which he went through 
the mockery of a trial, 
was condemned and ex¬ 
ecuted. His body was 
brought back by his grand¬ 
son and buried on the 
old place. 

THE ENDICOTT HOUSE on Endicott Street, Danversport. Built by 
Governor Endicott’s son, Zerobabel, about 1675. "I * 16 interior bears the 
marks of its extreme age and is one of the most interesting old land¬ 
marks in the town. 

AMBROSE LIUTCHINSON HOUSE. On Forest Street. Built 1708. 




v'DANVERS.) 


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BENJAMIN PUTNAM-GOODHUE HOUSE. Unique in appearance with 
its very large double-chimney and long sloping roof. It is the abode of 
a recluse, a very old woman who will not allow anyone to enter the 
house. She lives entirely alone. Built about 1650 by John Putnam the 
Patriarch of the Putnam family. 

OAK KNOLL. Interesting as the place where Whittier the poet spent the 
last years of his life with his niece. A fine old mansion in the midst of 
noble trees and beautiful lawns. Whittier gave it its name “Oak Knoll.” 
The house was built about 1780. 

“THE LINDENS,” “king” hooper mansion. Headquarters of Gen. 
Thomas Gage, now the residence of Mr. Francis Peabody. This beauti¬ 
ful house closely resembles the old Hancock House in Boston. It was 
built by the Hon. Robert Hooper, 1750. 


THE CLARK-JOSEPH 
PUTNAM HOUSE. Built 
about 1650. It was the 
home of Joseph Putnam, a 
hero of the witchcraft time 
of 1692. He was the 
father of Gen. Israel Put¬ 
nam of Revolutionary 
fame. 



PAGE HOUSE. The home of Col. Page, a strong patriot of Revolutionary 
times. Gen. Gage had a private office here while his headquarters were 
at the “Lindens” a mile away. Mrs. Page when forbidden to drink the 
“obnoxious tea” in the house, by the Colonel, resorted to the roof where 
she and her neighbors indulged in “the cup” and gossip. 

JESSE PUTNAM HOUSE. Situated on Maple Street in the northern part 
of the town. Built about 1750. Mrs. Putnam, wife of Jesse, died here 
Sept. 20, 1887, at the age of 102 years. This house is a little off the 
road and its position and size make it noticeable to passers-by. 

v/ THE RHEA-PUTNAM-FOWLER HOUSE. A portion of this house 
which is now standing and situated in a field off Locust Street is believed 
to have been built and occupied by Daniel Rhea, the original emigrant 
of that name. He came to Salem from Plymouth in 1632 and afterwards 
received a grant of land in that towi . His son-in-law, Capt. 
Thomas Lothrop was massacred with his company by the Indians in the 
fight with King Phillip, Sept., 1675. 



26 (Danvers —Dedham.) 

HAINES HOUSE. Situated on Centre Street, near the first church. Built 
about 1650. 

THE ANN PUTNAM HOUSE is situated in the northern part of Danvers 
on an old road running from Middletown to Salem Village. Here lived 
Ann Putnam one of the “afflicted” girls of 1692. She was then 12 years 
of age. It has been said of her “This young girl is perhaps entitled to 
be regarded as in many respects the leading agent in all the mischief 
that followed.” She died about 1716, unmarried. 

HOME OF SARAH OSBURN. The first woman accused of witchcraft, 
1692. She died in prison. House built 1660, by Robert Prince. 

TOWNSEND BISHOP-NURSE HOUSE. Built in 1636 by Townsend 
Bishop, one of the prominent men in the town of Salem. It was some¬ 
times called “Bishop’s Mansion.” After passing through several hands, 
Gov. Endicott became its owner. Later it was purchased by Francis Nurse 
of Salem, whose wife Rebecca was hung for a witch July 19th, 1692. 
She was buried on the place; her monument can be seen from the house 
in a little grove of trees. 

OLD UPTON TAVERN. A noted place of resort for the country round, 
as all old taverns were when this was built in 1710, by Walter Smith. 

GEN. ISRAEL PUTNAM’S BIRTHPLACE. In the rear of the house here 
shown was born January 7, 1718, one of the heroes of the American 
Revolution. This part of the house is very old, built about 1650. 
Situated on Maple Street, near the junction of Newbury Street. 

DEDHAM. 

FAIRBANKS HOUSE. As seen from the west, showing the gable and 
foliaged-covered old house in perspective. 


FAIRBANKS HOUSE. As 
seen from the main street, 
showing the eastern gable 
and perspective view of 
the old middle portion. 
The large trees are with¬ 
out foliage. 



FAIRBANKS HOUSE. Front view with trees in full foliage. 






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FAIRBANKS HOUSE. Built 1636. The most picturesque old house in 
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killed, under the lied on which Miss Rebecca Fairbanks was sleeping. 
She was uninjured excepting a general shaking of her nervous system. 
The interior looks its age and is very interesting to the antiquarian. 

FAIRBANKS HOUSE. Rear view. This view showing the rambling old 
structure, of which there are three distinct parts connecting, almost 
covered by large elm trees, is thought to be the most interesting, as it 
certainly is the most picturesque building in New England. 

DEERFIELD. 

This very old town mostly consists of a single wide street, about one mile 
long, densely shaded by a double row of large elm trees ending on either 
end by a view of hills over the meadows. About a dozen very old and 
highly interesting houses are scattered along the principal way. 

THE WRIGHT HOUSE budt of brick, about one hundred years old. It is 
the first built on the north end of this beautiful street. The house is 
quite large, surrounded with fine elm trees and a well kept lawn. Its out¬ 
look is over the meadows toward Greenfield and the hills beyond. 

WARNER MANSION. A fine old Provincial House in the style of the 
famous Craigie-Longfellow Mansion of Cambridge. A very large and 
stately elm tree towers over and above it, the finest of the many beautiful 
trees of the old town. Two views 

THE STEBBINS HOUSE. 

THE NIMS HOUSE. This old building stands between the church on one 
side and the Frarey House on the other. As with its neighbor the 
magnificent old elm trees almost obscure it from sight. 

THE HITCHCOCK HOUSE. 

FRAREY HOUSE once an inn of much importance; many noted guests 
have been entertained here. The front is almost entirely covered by 
large elm trees. In architectural appearance it is much superior to 
country hotels; as it is approached from the south the gable end seen 
with a vista through the double row of noble trees make up a pretty 
picture. 

BEAMAN ALLEN HOUSE. 

OLD INDIAN HOUSE, as it is commonly called, was taken down over forty 
years ago. The door which was almost hacked to pieces by the Indians 
at the time of the massacre is still preserved in the Deerfield Museum. 
The picture is copied from a drawing made just before the house was 
destroyed. 

SHELDON HOUSE. A fine old place, here resides the historian of the 
town. Very picturesque. Two views. 


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(Deerfield — Dorchester.) 


DAVID SEXTON HOUSE of one low story, a large wide spreading elm 
tree and the dense growth of shrubbery almost cover it from sight. It is 
occupied during the summer by an artist who has fitted it up for a studio. 
Built 1760. Very picturesque. 

THE HOUSE OF THE REV. JOHN WILLIAMS who was captured and 
carried into captivity by the Indians at the time of the Deerfield massacre. 
He lived here after his release in 1706. 

The summer home of Champney the artist, a very old house, and an 
attractive picture. Two views. 

View of hills and valley from the north end of the street, large elm trees in 
foreground. 

Street views, giving sections of this fine roadway doubly lined with large trees 
showing portions of many houses as related to each other. These views 
are mostly without foliage, but picturesque and fine. 

DORCHESTER. 

AN OLD TAVERN, Norfolk Street. In the days before railroads this was 
one of the relay houses between Dedham and Boston; the old bar is 
still shown where the man was entertained. Built about 200 years ago. 


ROGER CLAPP, one of the 
most prominent of the 
company which came over 
in the Mary and John, 
built a portion of this 
house, which has been en¬ 
larged in later generations 
of the Clapp family. 
Situated on Willow Court, 
off Boston Street, near 
Five Corners. 


MINOT HOUSE. Built by George Minot about 1640, destroyed by fire 
1874. Was situated in Neponset about 40 rods south of the old Pierce 
House. George Minot and Robert Pierce were intimate friends and 
came over on the ship Mary and John, in 1630, first settling on what 
was known as “Pine Neck.” 

MATTAPAN ROAD HOUSE. Built more than 200 years ago. Patronized 
by the rival line of Dedham stages to Boston, in opposition to the Norfolk 
Street, Dorchester, line. 




(Dorchester.) 


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LEWIS HOUSE. Washington, near Harvard Street. A large, square, two- 
story house. An imposing mansion in its day. About one hundred and 
fifty years old. 

OL 1 VER-BAKER MANSION. Located on Washington, corner of Park 
Street. Built about 1750. Lieut.-Gov. Oliver was the first occupant of 
whom we have record and he left the house soon after the close of the 
Revolution. Col. Benjamin Hichborn bought the house 1781 and occu¬ 
pied it as a summer residence. Among his friends whom he entertained 
here were Gen. Lafayette, President Jefferson and Munroe. Mr. James 
Penniman, a well-known Boston merchant owned and occupied it till 
1831 when it became the Dorchester Academy, later it passed into Mrs. 
Walter Baker’s possession who occupied it till her death in 1891. 



90 years and has resided here since 1833. 
first occupant of the Old Dorchester Buryin 
buried in 1638. 


THE BARNARD 
CAPEN HOUSE 
situated on Washing¬ 
ton Street, near Mel¬ 
ville Avenue, is prob¬ 
ably the oldest house 
now standing in New 
England. The western 
half was built in 1632, 
the eastern part added 
nearly one hundred 
years later. Altogether 
the house is in very 
good condition for 
one so old. The pre¬ 
sent owner, Mr. John 
Ilewins is more than 
Barnard Capen was the 
g Ground, where he was 


BARNARD CAPEN HOUSE. Rear view, showing the long sloping leanto. 
OLD TOWN HALL. 


BRIDGPIAM HOUSE was situated at the junction of Franklin and 
Humphrey Streets. Built about 1635, taken down 1873 to widen the 
street. Jonathan Bridgham occupied this house during his entire life of 
91 years. 

SECOND PARISH MEETING-HOUSE, “Dr. Codman’s.” Washington 
Street, opposite Norfolk. 

DOLBEAR HOUSE. Situated on Washington Street, near Tolman Lane. 
Built by Isaac Royall, in about 1720. John Dolbear, an eccentric Bos¬ 
ton merchant, married Zebiah Ro\all in 1787 and lived here many 
years. The house is now in good preservation. 





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(Dorchester.) 


BLAKE HOUSE, near Five Corners, was built by Elder James Blake, about 
1640. James Blake was a prominent man in the affairs of the town, 
holding some public office every year from 1658 to 1685. He was deacon 
of the church for 14 years and was ruling elder for about the same length 
of time. He died June, 1700. 

THE WEBSTER HOUSE has only been known as such since the famous 
statesman honored Dorchester with a brief residence within its limits. 
Previous to this the place was known as the Welles Estate, being owned 
by the Hon. John Welles. Gen. Henry Knox occupied the house in 
1784. The building stood on Washington Street, near the Codman 
Church and was taken down in 1891 to give place to the Henry L. 
Pierce School. 

THE BALL HUGHES HOUSE. Situated at the corner of Washington 
and School Streets. Built about 1780, is chiefly famous for being the 
residence of the talented sculptor, Ball Hughes. 



PIERCE HOUSE, now 
standing on Oak Avenue 
and which is among the 
best preserved of the 
ancient landmarks, was 
built by Robert Pierce, 
1635. He was one of the 
company which arrived in 
the Mary and John, 1630. 
He was known as Robert 
Pierce of “ ye greater 
lotts.” 


SWAN PIOUSE, was situated on Dudley Street, nearly opposite the Taylor 
Mansion. Built 1796. Col. Swan took an active part in the stirring 
affairs in the early part of the Revolution. He was one of the Boston 
Tea Party, Dec., 1793. Among the many distinguished persons who ac¬ 
cepted his hospitality, was Admiral D’Estaing, Gen. Lafayette and Gen. 
Knox. The Marie Antoinette Room was one of the attractions; the fur¬ 
nishings once belonged to the unfortunate queen. 

OLIVER-EVERETT MANSION. Built 1770 by Col. Oliver, a West 
Indian planter, who brought here a number of slaves. The Rev. Oliver 
Everett, pastor of the New South Church in Boston, gave up his pastorate 
in 1782 and moved to Dorchester taking up his residence in this house 
and here in 1794 Edward Everett, the famous orator and statesman was 
born. This fine old mansion stands on the corner of Boston Street and 
Massachusetts Avenue. 








(Dorchester— Duxbury.) 31 

SON HOUSE. IN ear Blue Hill Avenue, beyond Franklin Park. 
Almost covered by large trees. Said to have been built about 
1650. 

BELL d A\ ERN was situated near Meeting-House Hill. Built about 1750. 
Now taken down. 

MOR TON-TAN LOR MANSION was situated on Dudley Street, opposite 
Howard Avenue. Built about 1750. In appearance it closely resembled 
the famous Craigie-Longfellow House. It was here that the first 
American novel, “ 1 he Power of Sympathy,’’ was written by Mrs. Perez 
Morton. Here too the youthful Perez Morton composed the funeral 
oration pronounced by him over the body of Gen. Joseph Warren who 
passed the night in this house just before the battle of Bunker Hill. 
Perez Morton took prominent rank among lawyers in the early part of 
this century. Taken down 1892. 


DUXBURY. 


THE OLD HUNT HOUSE. 1680. 
OLD TAVERN. Built about 1725. 



ALDEN HOUSE. Near front 
view, with the child, Priscilla 
Mullins Alden of the 9th 
generation of Aldens, who 
have lived in this house. 
Budt 1653. This was the 
house of Priscilla and John, 
the. pilgrims, who lived here 
several years with their eldest 
son after their house was 
burned. 

ALDEN HOUSE. Rear view, 
with the child, Priscilla 
Mullins Alden sitting on the 
fence. 

ALDEN HOUSE. From the 
orchard, with the child. 


STANDISH GRAVE. 

STANDISH HOUSE looking up from the foot of the hill with trees. 
STANDISH HOUSP 1 . Interior, showing the kitchen. 

STANDISH HOUSE. Showing the orchard, this is quite a pretty view. 
Size, 5x7. 

STANDISH HOUSE. Rear view with the monument on Captains Hill 
showing in the distance. 







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(Duxbuky — Haverhill.) 



STANDISH HOUSE. Built 
by Alexander, second son of 
Capt. Myles Standish, 1666, 
directly after the original 
house was burned; the older 
house stood a short distance 
nearer the bay. The timber 
was saved from the fire and 
used in the construction of 
this one. The building is 
very prettily situated on a 
bluff overlooking Plymouth 
Bay. It has been kept in 
good repair for one so old. 


EVERETT. 

LYNDE HOUSE. Built about 1700. 

GLOUCESTER. 

WHITE-ELLERY HOUSE. Built in 1707 by Parson White. It retains 
its ancient form and appearance to a much greater extent than any 
other old house in New England; its two stories in front with very small 
windows, the second story overhanging the first, the rear sloping nearly 
to the ground. It has been through many experiences, first a parsonage, 
then a town house, a country store, an inn, now a dwelling-house. Very 
picturesque and interesting to the antiquarian. 

MOULTON HOUSE. Situated on the principal street of the town. A 
large chimney through the centre of the roof proclaims its age and adds 
to its venerable appearance. In summer shaded by a fine large tree. 
Built about 1750. 

OLD WITCH HOUSE on Cape Ann. Built about 1650. Nearly covered 
by trees and in fine repair. 

HAVERHILL. 

BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN G. WHITTIER, the Quaker poet of New 
England. Built 1680. This old house and its surroundings has been a 
favorite subject for artists. It is a typical New England homestead of 
the olden time. 

GEN. BRACKETT’S HOUSE. 

GEN. EATON’S HOUSE. 

DAVIS HOUSE, East Haverhill. Built 1676. The scene of an Indian 
raid and massacre. 

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JOSEPH PEASLEE 
HOUSE. The old Garri¬ 
son home, East Haverhill. 
Built about 1670. The 
walls were built for pro¬ 
tection against the Indian 
raids, so common in the 
early settlement of the 
country, of solid oak and 
brick, sixteen inches thick. 
Here was held the quar¬ 
terly convention of the 
Quakers. The great¬ 
grandmother of Whittier 
was a Peaslee, and born 
in this house. Harriet 
Livermore was engaged to a member of the Peaslee family. Enneking 
found here his model for a New England kitchen. 


HINGHAM. 


NICHOLAS JACOBS-LINCOLN HOUSE. Built about 1675. 


THE OLD MEETING- 
HOUSE, familiarly 
known as the “Old 
Ship/’ The oldest place 
of worship now in use 
in New England. Built 
1680. Situated on the 
Main Street, a short 
distance from the rail¬ 
way station. It presents 
a pleasing picture stand¬ 
ing as it does on an 
elevation and almost 
surrounded by large 
trees. 


PARSON GAY’S HOUSE. This old house is very attractive, near it are 
large trees and during the summer vines covered with flowers conceal its 
weather-beaten appearance. It stands back from the street on an eleva¬ 
tion overlooking the cemetery which is opposite and across the Old 
Colony Railroad. Parson Gay was the second minister of the “Old Ship.” 




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(Hingham — .Jamaica Plain.) 


GEN. LINCOLN’S HOUSE situated in the centre of the town. It was 
built at three different periods, and is very old. 

THAXTER HOUSE. Built about 1750. 

IPSWICH. 

NORTON HOUSE. Built about 1650. A very large chimney, small win¬ 
dows and generally aged appearance attract the passer. 

CALDWELL HOUSE from the river. Built about 1660. 

DODGE HOUSE. Built 1640. Taken down ten years ago. 

WHITTLESEY HOUSE. Built about 1640. 

BOND HOUSE. Front, situated near the Railroad Station. Built about 1640. 
BOND HOUSE. Rear view. 

WHIPPLE HOUSE. 
Built 1633. This very 
old house stands near 
the Railroad Station, 
xt was evidently in¬ 
tended as a garrison 
house, the lower por¬ 
tion being solidly built 
of brick and stone, 
which is concealed by 
a covering of clap¬ 
boards. The building 
is of two stories, very 
small windows and a 
generally venerable ap¬ 
pearance. Was for¬ 
merly known as the Saltonstall House. 

WHIPPLE HOUSE. End and rear. This view is very picturesque, the roof 
nearly reaching the ground. A very large tree nearly conceals the street 
end of the gable which has a wide overhang. 

RIVER VIEW, with boats. 

RIVER VIEW. Picturesque old house on the bank. 

JAMAICA PLAIN. 

WELD HOUSE. Near the Forest Hills Station of the Hartford & New 
Haven Railroad. Built about 1750. 

PIALLOWELL HOUSE, corner of Centre and Boylston Streets. Hallowell 
was quite a prominent man before the Revolution, having held several 
offices under the Crown. The house was confiscated and used as a hos¬ 
pital for American soldiers. Built about 1725. 





(Jamaica Plain—Lexington) 


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COMMODORE LORING’S 
HOUSE, now the Green- 
ough Mansion. Was in 
May, 1775, the head¬ 
quarters of Gen. Nat. 
Greene, but was after¬ 
wards, for a time, a 
hospital for American 
soldiers. Loring, a native 
of Roxbury, was a captain 
in the British navy, 1757; 
was Commodore on Lakes 
Champlain and Ontario, 
and participated in the 
capture of Quebec, under 
Wolfe; and in the con¬ 
quest of Canada, was 
severely wounded, while in command on Lake Ontario. Built about 

1760. The house is a very fine example of Provincial architecture. 

KINGSTON. 

MAJOR JOHN BRADFORD’S HOUSE. 

LEXINGTON. 

MUNROE TAVERN. A fine old house surrounded by large trees, stands 
on a slight elevation a short distance from the road. This was the head¬ 
quarters of Percy on the 19th of April, 1775. 

BATTLE MONUMENT AND COMMON. 

OLD BELFRY. From this belfry was rung out the alarm on the morning 
of the 19th of April, 1775, calling the Minute Men to assemble on the 
Common. It now stands on Belfry Hill almost hidden by trees. Built 

1761. 

MARRETT MUNROE HOUSE. Built 1729. Stands opposite the monu¬ 
ment, in the midst of two very large trees. A bullet from a British 
musket passed through the window and lodged in a bureau where it still 
remains. 

HARRINGTONS. Caleb Harrington was shot by a British soldier. He ex¬ 
pired on the threshold of his doorway, in the presence of his wife. He 
was running from the meeting-house where he had been to get powder, 
when overtaken by the fatal bullet. The old house stands in the midst 
of some fine old elm trees. 

HANCOCK HOUSE. Built 1695, enlarged 1734. John Hancock and 
Sam Adams were sleeping here when aroused by Paul Revere on the 
night of his memorable ride. 

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(Lexington —Marblehead.) 


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BOWMAN HOUSE. A fine picturesque old house shaded by very large 
elm trees. On the route of Paul Revere. Built 1649. Two views. 


BUCK MAN TAVERN. 
Front view. It was the 
rallying place of the 
Minute Men on the 
night of April iSth, 
and on the morn'ng of 
the encounter at the 
Common. It contains 
bullet holes made by 
the shots of the British 
soldiers, who were fired 
upon from the house. 
View from street. 



BUCKMAN TAVERN. Built 1690. Front view from the field. 

MERRIAM’S HOUSE. On the outskirts of the town, was sacked by British 
soldiers. 

LINCOLN. 

WHITMAN HOUSE. Built about 1700. 


LITTLE COMPTON. 

BETT\ ALDEN-PABOD 1 E HOUSE. The eldest daughter of John and 
Priscilla Alden, married William Pabodie; this was their home. A fine 
old house surrounded by large elm trees. 


MALDEN. 

BARRETT HOUSE, built about 1700. Demolished 1894. 

MARBLEHEAD. 

MOLL PITCHER HOUSE. The home of this noted witch. 

TUCKER HOUSE. The oldest house in town with a view of the street 
with its crooked ways. 

Street near site of Fountain Inn. 

PlCd URESQUE OLD HOUSE down the lane. A very pleasing picture of 
an old house, built about 1675. 

OLD POWDER HOUSE. Built 1725. 

OLD TOWN HALL. Built 1723. 

FOUNTAIN INN WELL. Site of the old Inn where Sir Henry Franklin 
met Agnes Surriage. 









(Marblehead—Medford.) 


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COL. LEE’S HOUSE. A fine old mansion, built 1750. A meeting place 
of the leaders of the Revolutionary times. 

SKIPPER IRESON’S HOUSE. The hero of Whittier’s poem. 

MARSHFIELD. 



GOV. WINSLOW HOUSE. 
Fletcher Webster’s family 
in the foreground. Built 
1650. Daniel Webster 
occupied it at one time. 
Three views. 


WEBSTER MANSION. This fine old house was destroyed by fire a few 
years ago. In this view the young ladies of the family are playing 
croquet on the lawn. 


MEDFORD. 

CRADDOCK FARM HOUSE. Built by Gov. Craddock as a farm-house 
to his large estate about half a mile east of his famous Fort, or garrison 
house. Beautifully situated on rising ground, among large trees, it is 
kept in excellent repair by its present owner, Mr. Wellington, who takes 
a just pride in the old relique. The interior is very quaint, with its 
large fireplace, low-studded large rooms, and projecting oak beams. 
Built 1636. Three views. 

ROY ALL MANSION. Built about 1725. This was considered the finest 
mansion in the Colonies for many years, and was visited by many dis¬ 
tinguished personages. The Duke of Clarence, afterwards King William 
IV., while in this country was a guest of the Royalls. Sir William 
Pepperell married here a daughter of Royall. Anges Surriage, the famous 
Marblehead beauty, was given a party in her honor. Isaac Royall 
brought from his West Indian plantation twenty-seven slaves, which he 
quartered in the low building on the left. Confiscated during the Revolu¬ 
tion, and occupied by several leading American generals in turn. Three 
views. 

ROYALL MANSION INTERIOR. Showing the guest room in which the 
Duke of Clarence and other noted personages have slept. 

ROYALL HOUSE. Slave quarters. 





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(Medford —Milton.) 


ROGERS HOUSE. In architectural style wholly different from any other 
New England house of Colonial times—very quaint. 



CRADDOCK OLD FORT 
built in 1634 of brick made 
on the spot. It was a 
place of refuge during the 
early settlement of the 
town and at that time it 
was surrounded by a 
stockade; a very interest¬ 
ing old building. 

CRADDOCK OLD FORT. 
West view. 

CRADDOCK FORT. 
North-east view. 


FOUNTAIN TAVERN. Demolished a few years ago. This was the prin¬ 
cipal inn of this old town for many years. 

SIMPSON TAVERN. A noted old tavern of a hundred years ago. Two 
views. 

MELROSE. 

THE LYNDE HOUSE. Built about 1675, soon after the commencement 
of King Philip’s war. It stands near Washington Street, Wyoming. 

MILTON. 

HOUSE OF THE 
SUFFOLK RE¬ 
SOLVES. It was here 
that Dr. Warren met 
the Committee of 
Safety and they passed 
the famous Suffolk Re¬ 
solves which are now 
a part of Revolutionary 
History. The old house 
stands near the bridge 
at the Lower Mills. 

Two noble elm trees 
nearly cover it. 



WILDE TAVERN. An old inn near the Blue Hills. Built about 1770. 









(M ilton — Newbury .) 


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WADSWORTH HOUSE. Built about 1650 by Capt. Samuel Wadsworth, 
father of President Wadsworth of Harvard College. House taken down 
about a dozen years ago. 

DR. TUCKER’S HOUSE. Dr. Tucker was a surgeon in the American 
Army during the Revolution. Built about 1750, the house is now in tine 
repair and is near Brush Hill road. 

HOUGHTON HOUSE situated in the Blue Hill Reservation Park. Built 
about 1680. Occupied as a club-house. 

HOUGH TON POND, a beautiful sheet of water in the midst of the Blue 
Hill Reservation. 

NANTASKET. 

GARDNER PIOUSE. Built about 1725. 

NEWBURY. 

NOYES HOUSE. Built 1645 — the oldest house in the town. A chimney 
twelve feet square occupies the centre of the house. In this chimney, 
while a workman was making repairs, he discovered a secret closet which 
was probably used to hide valuables in case of an Indian raid. The 
house is well preserved, and is now owned and occupied by the sixth 
generation of the descendants of the Rev. James Noyes. 

BEN PERLEY POOR’S BIRTHPLACE. Built about 1700. 

OLD STONE GARRI¬ 
SON HOUSE (for¬ 
merly called the Pierce 
House). The farm 
belonged to the an¬ 
cestors of President 
Pierce. The town of 
Newbury at one time 
stored its powder here; 
an explosion once oc¬ 
curred that blew out 
one end of the house 
and landed an old 
negro woman in her 
bed, safe but aston¬ 
ished, in the boughs 

of an apple tree. Built about 1650. 

THE HOUSE in which the Rev. George Whitefield, the evangelist preacher, 
died. 

SEXTON SHORT’S HOUSE. Built of brick and wood about 1700. Two 
maiden ladies now reside here whose father, Sexton Short, served his 
country in the Revolutionary War. 

PILLSBURY HOUSE. A fac simile of the original Pillsbury House. 






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(Newbury— Pembroke.) 


DONAHUE HOUSE Built about 1640, fronting the south, while the public 
road passed the back towards which it sloped within three feet of the 
ground. A huge chimney, 15 feet square at the base, towered through 
the centre of the building. Taken down 1893. 

EMERY FARM HOUSE. A fine old country house near the banks of the 
Merrimack River. Built 1725. 


TRISTRAM COFFIN 
HOUSE. This pictur¬ 
esque old house, set a 
little back from the 
street, the particular 
boast of which is two 
hearths adorned with 
small square Dutch tiles, 
upon which are repre¬ 
sented scripture scenes 
in blue; these are very 
quaint and curious. 
Built 1652. Two views. 

NEWBURYPORT. 

DALTON MANSION. Built 1750 by Tristram Dalton, one of Newburyport’s 
merchant kings, was thought to be in its day a magnificent house. It 
contained more than 40 rooms. Mr. Dalton entertained here many of 
the noted personages of his time. 

WM. LLOYD GARRISON’S BIRTHPLACE. 

PEMBROKE. 

BARKER HOUSE. This 
very old house was the 
oldest building standing 
in New England up to 
the beginning of 1894 
when it fell down, 
having been unoccupied 
for some time relic 
hunters gradually pulled 
it to pieces. Nothing 
remains now but the 
large chimney and 
cellar. Built 1628. It 
was used as a garrison 
house during King 
Phillip’s War. 















(Plymouth — Quincy.) 


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PLYMOUTH. 

THE MORTON-WHITING HOUSE. Built about 1667. 



HOWLAND-CARVER 
HOUSE. The Pilgrim, 
John Howland, lived 
here with his son who 
bought the house in 
1666. The most in¬ 
teresting house in the 
town, it being the only 
house now standing- 
occupied by a May¬ 
flower Pilgrim. 


DOTEN HOUSE. Built 1660. Oldest house now standing in Plymouth, on 
Sandwich Street. 


WATER-HOLE HOUSE. 
Built from timber taken 
from the old fort. 



DOTEN-LUCE HOUSE. 

GOV. BRADFORD HOUSE. 

QUINCY. 

RUGGLES-ADAMS HOUSE. Built 1675. The oldest house in the town. 

THE VASSA 1 LL MANSION. Once the home of the famous Royalist, 
Vassail, the estate was confiscated by the Continental Congress. Now 
the residence of the Hon. Charles Francis Adams. Two views. 










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(Quincy — Rockport.) 


HOME OF J. Q. ADAMS, sixth President of the United States. Built 
prior to 1767. 


OLD QUINCY-BUT- 
LER MANSION. 
Home of Dorothy 
Q. Two views. Built 
1680. 



QUINCY MANSION, Wollaston. A fine old Colonial house, always the 
home of the Quincy family. A great many noted people have been 
entertained here. 

REVERE. 

NEWGATE-YEAMAN GARRISON HOUSE. Built about 1650. Around 
this old house was fought the second battle of the Revolution. Six weeks 
after the battle of Lexington Generals Putnam, Stark, Dearborn and 
Warren were here with about 1000 men; they beat off the attack of the 
British sloop Diana, and saved the supplies that were stored here. Within 
a few years cannon balls have been plowed up in the field around the 
house. It was built very solidly of oak, and filled in with brick in clay. 
It has an enormous chimney occupying the centre of the house. Three 
views. 

GREENE HOUSE. Built about 1750. Situated near the station of the 
Lynn& Revere Beach R. R. The Continental troops were stationed here 
during the defence of the Yeamen House. 

ROCKPORT. 

CAPTAIN SIMPSON’S CABIN, at Rockport, Cape Ann. Built of logs 
about 200 years ago; shingles give it a more modern look; a big 
chimney adds to its picturesque appearance. It stands quite near the 
shore. 

ROCKPORT’S OLD TOWN PUMP. A great public convenience; as old 
as the town, on Cape Ann. 




(Roxbury — Salem.) 


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ROXBURY. 

CUR I IS HOUSE taken down a few years ago. It stood near Boylston 
Station. Built 1635. 

THE WILLIAMS HOMESTEAD, Walnut Avenue. 

WALKER-WILLIAMS HOUSE. Built about 1680. Situated on Dudley 
Street, near Mt. Pleasant. 

TURNER HOUSE, near Eliot Square. About 150 years old. Used as a 
barrack during the siege of Boston. 

GEN. WAR.REN’S BIRTHPLACE from an old print. 


THE CRAFTS HOUSE, 
Tremont Street, near 
the Brookline line. The 
Crafts family were 
among the first settlers 
of the town of Roxbury, 
and were very promi¬ 
nent in its affairs for 
many years. In the 
garden of this old house 
originated the famous 
Roxbury russet apple. 
Built 1707. 

GOV. SHIRLEY HOUSE. Built 1748. Gov. Shirley built this house, and 
died here 1771. Most of the building materials came from England. 
Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, and other celebrated persons, have been 
its guests. Gov. Eustis also lived here. 

SALEM. 

OLD BAKERY with jutting upper story. Built before 1700. 

JEFFREY-LANG HOUSE on Essex Street. Built 1740. Two views. 

NARBONNE HOUSE. Built prior to 1680. A fine example of the house 
of this period. Shaded by a very large elm tree. At 71 Essex 
Street. 

MILES WARD HOUSE. A fine old mansion, built about 1750. This 
house was a favorite resort of Hawthorne who resorted to a summer 
house in the garden and possibly some of his books were composed 
here. 

TRASK—BLACK HORSE TAVERN, taken down a few years ago. 

/BALDWIN MANSION. A fine brick, vine covered mansion, built about 




ROGER WILLIAMS HOUSE, Essex Street. Built 1631. In this house 
witches were tried by Judge Carwin. 

BIRTHPLACE OE NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Born in this old house 
1S04. It is situated No. 21 Union Street, and built about 1675. 


THE WALLER-WARD 

HOUSE, St. Peter St. 
A fine example of a 
very old house, with 
overhang story. About 
200 years old. 



HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES. Built 1666. Believed to be the scene of 
Hawthorne’s famous story, “The House of Seven Gables.” 

FIRST CHURCH. Built 1631. Roger Williams preached here, and in it 
witches were tried. 



SHATTUCK WITCH HOUSE. Situated on Essex Street, No. 315, with 
the characteristic very large chimney of the time projecting through the 
roof. Built before 1675. 

DR. GEO. B. LORING MANSION, Essex Street. 






(Saugus — Sudburv.) 


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SAUGUS. 


BOARDMAN HOUSE quite near the Hill House. Built about 1700. 



BOA RDM AN HILL 
HOUSE, North Sau¬ 
gus. A very fine 
specimen of early New 
England architecture, 
with its overhang and 
long sloping roof. 
Built 250 years ago. 
Three views, all pleas¬ 
ing. The view from 
the rear shows the 
long sloping roof com¬ 
ing nearly to the 
ground and the very 
large chimney, this is 
one of the finest speci¬ 
men of the leanto in 
the collection. 


SOMERVILLE. 


TUFTS HOUSE. Erected about 1725. On the little byway now dignified 
with the name of Sycamore Street stands the old farm-house which was 
the headquarters of Gen. Charles Lee. John Tufts resided there in 
Revolutionary times and planted the beautiful elm that now stretches its 
protecting branches over the old homestead. 

OLD POWDER HOUSE. Built prior to 1720. When first built it was a 
wind-mill; sold 1747 for a magazine. Gen. Gage seized the powder 
stored there in 1774. In 1775 the American army got possession of it, 
and it became the storehouse for their powder. 


STONEHAM. 

ROGERS HOUSE. Built about 1750. 

SUDBURY. 

WAYSIDE INN. Built 1690. Made memorable by Longfellow’s “ Tales of 
a Wayside Inn.” It was originally called the Red Horse, and from 1714 
to the completion of a century and a half was kept as an inn by genera¬ 
tion after generation of the Howes. Here is shown the room where 
Washington and Lafayette slept. 




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(S UDBURV — WINCHESTER.) 



W ALKER-GARRISON 
HOUSE, South Sud¬ 
bury. Erected about 
1660, of solid four-inch 
plank; a place of refuge 
for the settlers in the 
time of King Philip’s 
war. 


WATERTOWN. 

OLD BROWN HOUSE, built 1633. This view shows the house facing the 
south, the gable end to the street. 

OLD BROWN HOUSE. Rearview. 

COCHRANE HOUSE, built about 1725 on the Waltham road. Some of the 
wounded, ’tis said, were brought here from Concord after the fight. The 
house is shaded by some fine trees. 

AN OLD HOUSE. Here Paul Revere engraved and struck off the Colonial 
notes authorized by the Provincial Congress; here, also, Col. (afterwards 
Gen.) Knox boarded, with other officers, during the siege of Boston, 1775. 

MARSHALL FOWLE HOUSE. The first session of the Provincial Congress 
was held here. 

GOV. GORE MANSION. A very imposing mansion seen across the beauti¬ 
ful well kept lawn with its clumps of ornamental trees. Gov. Gore was 
a very prominent lawyer at the beginning of this century. Daniel 
Webster studied with him at the beginning of his career. 

GORE MANSION. Another view of this fine place shows the mansion 
through the large old trees which nearly cover it, from this point of view 
making a very pretty picture. 

GOV. GORE’S POND. A beautiful sheet of water partly enclosed by trees, 
near the Gore mansion. 


WINCHESTER. 

BLACK HORSE TAVERN. Built 1742. In its time a famous tavern. 
Many men and women, especially those reared in Northern New England 
remember stopping at the Black Horse when they were young, and recall 
the spook stories told about the place by their parents. Soldiers assembled 
here on the morning of the day of the battle of Lexington. 



(WlNTHKOP — IvITTERY POINT, Me.) 


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WINTHROP. 

DEANE WINTHROP HOUSE. Built 1649 by Deane Winthrop, son of 
Governor John. Two views. 

BILL HOUSE. Built 1650. 

GOV. SHIRLEY-TEWKSBURY HOUSE, situated on the bluff at Point 
Shirley, occupied by Gov. Shirley as a summer residence. Built about 
17 2 5 - 

WOBURN. 

BIRTHPLACE OF BENJAMIN THOMPSON (Count Rumford). Quite a 
large two-story house, built early in the eighteenth century. Fine elm 
trees in front relieve the plainness of the building. A pleasing feature is 
an old well sweep. 

RESIDENCE OF COL. BALDWIN, who fought at Lexington and at the 
Siege of Boston; was High Sheriff of Middlesex County in 1780; 
engineer who built the Middlesex Canal and other important public works; 
intimate friend of Count Rumford. North Woburn. Quite a large three- 
story mansion, nearly covered on the front by large trees it stands facing 
the garden with the gable to the street. This is the “ show house ” of 
the town. 

WORCESTER. 

SALISBURY MANSION. A fine old house of the provincial period, now 
used as a club-house. 


ANNAPOLIS, N. S. 

BARRACKS seen through the Old Brick Arch of the earth works of the 
famous old fort for which the French and English fought in the early days 
of the seventeenth century. As a garrison it has been abandoned for 
several years by the English Government. 

OLD POWDER HOUSE, built of heavy stone and brick masonry, is now 
dismantled. It stands within the old earth works of the once stronghold 
which commands the river. A beautiful view of the mountain, the valley, 
and the river extending to Digby 20 miles away is here obtained. 

GUILDFORD CONN. 

OLD STONE GARRISON HOUSE. Built 1639 by the Rev. Henry 
Whitefield. It is the oldest building now standing in Connecticut. 

KITTERY POINT, ME. 

OLD CHURCH. Built 1714. The plate was a bequest from the elder 
Pepperell. This was the second meeting house erected in the town. 

SPARHAWK MANSION. Built by Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk, who married 
Elizabeth, only daughter of Sir Win, Peppered, in 1742. This large 
mansion is nearly covered by trees on the front; it presents a fine 
appearance as it is approached from the road. 


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(Kitterv Point, Me. —Newport, R. i.) 


SPARHAWK MANSION. Distant view, showing the rear of the house with 
lawn to the ravine. Pine trees in the foreground, a pretty picture. 

SIR WM. PEPPERELL MANSION. Another view with bare trees. 

SIR WM. PEPPERELL MANSION. A very pleasing view of this interest¬ 
ing old house, nearly covered with verdure from the large trees near it. 

NEW CASTLE, N. H. 

HOME OF GOV. BANNING WENTWORTH, Little Harbor, Portsmouth, 
N. H. Built 1750. In this house the romantic wedding took place 
between the Governor and Martha Hilton. Longfellow made it memor¬ 
able in his poem of Lady Wentworth. 

OLD HOUSE near landing on the Piscataqua River. Very picturesque u ith 
boat and fishermen. 

WALBACK TOWER. Built in September, 1814, when an attack by the 
British upon Newcastle was hourly expected. Col. Walback then in 
command of the post summoned the inhabitants in aid of the garrison 
and this tower was constructed (it is said) in a single night. 

OLD JAFFREY HOUSE (Mr. Albees.) Built by the first George Jaffrey 
who was born in Newbury in 1637. This house was built previous to 
16S0. Gov. Cranfield occupied it during his administration. It is the 
most interesting old house in this vicinitv. 

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SALLEPORT, FORT CONSTITUTION. This was considered at the 
beginning of the Revolution quite an important stronghold, but was soon 
dismantled; it is now in ruins. 

“BOSEN ” ALLEN’S HOUSE. This old house stands on the bank of the 
Piscataqua River. Allen was “ Bosen ” to Paul Jones in the war of 1812. 
House built about the beginning of the iSth century. Two views, both 
picturesque. 

NEWPORT, R. I. 

ARNOLD’S OLD MILL. This is a fine view of this curious old building. 
It stands in the park surrounded by noble old trees. Built 1666 by Gov. 
Benedict Arnold. 

ROBBINS HOUSE. A quaint old house in fine condition, the chimney is 
15 feet square at the foundation. A good specimen of the overhanging 
second story. Built 1649. It stands in the rear of Thames Street, near 
St. Mary Street. 

BULL HOUSE. Said to be the oldest house in the quaint old town. It is 
partly built of stone. Stands on Spring Street. 

BISHOP BERKLEY HOUSE. The home of this eminent divine during 
his residence in Newport, is situated about three miles from the city. 

VERNON HOUSE. This was one of the finest of the old mansions in Revo¬ 
lutionary times, Washington and many other noted personages have met 
here. 


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GOV. LANGDON’S MANSION. Built by Gov. Langdon in 1784, and 
occupied by him until his death in 1819. John Langdon, a grandson of 
Tobias Langdon, was born in 1739. With the rest of his family, he was 
an earnest patriot. He was engaged with Capt. Pickering in seizing the 
powder from Fort Constitution, which his cousin, Samuel Langdon, after¬ 
wards carried to the army at Cambridge; this same cousin, in February, 
1778, conducted two teams loaded with clothing to Valley Forge, a gift 
from Portsmouth to Washington’s suffering army. John Langdon filled 
many offices, civil and military, and in 1805 was elected Governor of New 
Hampshire. When Louis Philippe and his brothers were here in 1780, 
they found no room at the Stavers Hotel, and were hospitably received at 
this house. Washington regarded it as the handsomest house in 
Portsmouth. 

JAFFREY HOUSE. Built probably as early as 1730 by George Jaffrey 2d 
then Treasurer of the Province of New Hampshire and Chief Justice of 
the Supreme Court. His son of the same name resided here until his 
death in 1802. He also was Treasurer of the Province until the Revolu¬ 
tion. This mansion and extensive grounds were elegantly kept by their 
former owners; the handsome porch and magnificent linden tree on the 
premises still attract many admirers. 

BRAY HOUSE. One of the oldest buildings remaining in the country. It 
was built about 1660; its name being taken from John Bray, a ship 
builder, father of Margery Bray, the wife of the elder Pepperell and 
mother of the Baronet. It was formerly much larger than now, the back 
part with a sloping roof, extending far toward what is now the main road. 
In one of the rooms of this house is an old picture, representing the siege 
of Louisburg, painted on a panel over the fireplace. The windows and 
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FORT McCLARY. As early as 1700 a fort was erected on this site, and in 
1714 the elder Pepperell was chosen captain of the garrison. It was 
called from him Fort Pepperell, but since the Revolution it has received 
the name of McClary in remembrance of one of New Hampshire’s most 
gallant sons. 

PURCELL HOUSE. This house was built some time previous to the 
Revolution, but the exact date is not known. It was erected by Capt. 
Purcell, a merchant, one of whose seven daughters married Major 
Gardiner, and another Capt. Thomas Manning. After Capt. Purcell’s 
death, his widow kept a boarding house here, and John Paul Jones 
boarded with her during the year 1779, while he was superintending the 
building of the ship America. 


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LADD MANSION. Built in 1745 by John Moffatt, for his son, Samuel, who 
married a daughter of Col. John Tufton Mason. John Moffatt was born 
in England in 1692. He was a rich merchant, and married a grand¬ 
daughter of President Cutt. He lived to the age of 94. Samuel Moffatt 
having failed in business, his father moved into the house himself, and 
Gen. Wm. Whipple, who had married his daughter, resided with him. 
Gen. Whipple, who was born in 1730, was one of the signers of the 
Declaration of Independence, member of the first N. H. Council, and 
General of one of the N. H. brigades. He died here in 1785. The 
magnificent horse-chestnut tree still standing in the yard was planted by 
his hand. It is a beautiful and spacious edifice, with a hall of uncommon 
elegance, and contains many valuable portraits. 

LADD MANSION. Interior of hall. 

WARNER HOUSE. This is the oldest edifice of brick in Portsmouth. It 
was built in 1718-23, at an expense of 6,000 pounds, by Capt. Archibald 
Macpheadris, a rich merchant and member of the King’s Council. The 
brick for the construction of this house was brought from Scotland —the 
original bills for the materials are still in possession of the family. It is 
an elegant specimen of the architecture of the last century, and is rich in 
memorials of old times. The frescoes in the great hall are by the hand 
of an unknown artist; and having been papered over, were forgotten for 
generations, being accidentally discovered about twenty years ago. The 
lightning rod, probably the first in New Hampshire, was put up in 1762 by 
Dr. Benjamin Franklin. 

CUTTS HOUSE. Built by Lady Pepperell after the death of Sir William in 
1759. She left the old mansion when this one was completed, and 
resided here until her death in 1789. The house then came into the 
possession of Capt. Joseph Cutts, who was born in 1764, being a direct 
descendant of Robert Cutt. 

JACKSON HOUSE situated on the “ Christian Shore.” Built 1660. The 
oldest house in Portsmouth, a long sloping roof runs to the ground on 
the north side where runs the road lined with fine trees. Its appearance 
is very quaint and pleasing. 

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MACINTIRE GARRISON HOUSE. Built 1645 now the only remaining 
building that was used as a defence against the Indians by the early 
settlers in this vicinity. It has the overhanging story which is the 
distinguishing feature of the house. It is built of logs covered with clap¬ 
boards and shingles and has undergone no important changes since its 
construction. 

MACINTIRE GARRISON HOUSE. North-western view from across the 
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